SAA 20 028. Fragment of a Ritual for Singer (BBR pl. 65)

~680 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P425166

Translation · reference

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(beginning (approximately 15 lines) broken away) (1') You prepare [......] (2') You prepare [......] (3') [......] (and) you put [...] upon [them]. (4') [......] (and) prepare [......]. (5') [......] of budê-confection (6') [......] you place on the table [...] (7') [......] you place on it [...] (8') [......] you put a [kam]anu-cake (made) with zīzu-onion [...] (9') [......] (and) you say: [...]. (10') [You ......], (and) sing, “[......].” (11') [You ......] pour [bee]r and wine (12') [You ......] place [......] (13') [You ......], (and) sing, “[......].” (14') [You ...... po]ur [beer and…

Source: Parpola, S. 2017. Assyrian Royal Rituals and Cultic Texts. SAA 20. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa20/P425166/

Why it matters

Transliteration

[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ta-rak-kas⸣ / [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x ta-rak-kas / [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ina] UGU-ḫi GAR-an / [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x-ri ta-rak-kas / [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ bu-de-e / [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x ina UGU GIŠ.BANŠUR GAR-an / [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ina UGU-ḫi GAR-an / [x x x…

Scholarly note

Neo-Assyrian royal ritual or cultic text, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 20, 2017). ORACC text P425166.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P425166). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 2017. Assyrian Royal Rituals and Cultic Texts. SAA 20. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa20/P425166/.

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